Seat-pad.



S. W. WIDNEY.

SEAT PAD.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 6. 19:7.

LQSO BMW Patented Oct. 1, 191a.

mpfl T STANLEY W. VVIDNEY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS.

SEAT-PAD.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented (Oct. ll, tare.

Application filed January 6, 1917. Serial No. 140,871.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, STANLEY W. WIDNEY, a citizen of the United States,residing at Chicago, county of Cook, and State of Illinois, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in Seat-Pads, of which thefollowing is a specification.

This invention relates to seat pads for chair bottoms and the like, andhas reference more particularly to improvements in that type of seatpads which consist of a piece of felt or like material having thegeneral shape of the chair bottom and substantially covering the latter.One form of seat pad of this type which is now quite extensively used issecured to the chair bottom by a series of straps projecting from theedges of the pad and carried over the edges of the chair bot tom andtacked to the underside of the lat ter. This method of fastening the padrenders the latter practically immovable, with the result that themovements of the occupant of the chair on the chair bottom produce anundesirable amount of friction between the clothes of the occupant andthe pad, which is not only uncomfortable but 'produces an undesirableamount of wear on the clothes of the occupant. Furthermore, the frontstraps produce an undesirable rubbing or chafing on the legs of theoccupant when sitting down or moving sidewise on the chair bottom. Witha view to reducing friction between the pad and the clothes of thewearer it has heretofore been proposed to connect the pad to the chairbottom by means of elastic straps so as to ermit movement of the ad uponthe chair ottom with the person 0? the occupant; but this improvementdoes not eliminate all of the faults above noted, and, furthermore, suchelastic fastenin devices are short lived, and do not permit t e pad tobe readily detached for purposes of cleaning.

It is the general object of the present invention to provide a chair padwhich, by reason of its peculiar attachment to the chair bottom, shallbe capable of moving on the latter with the person of the occupant, thuseliminating frictional wear on the clothes of the occupant andpreventing the latter from becoming shiny; which shall obviate anydiscomfort to the occupant by reason of rubbing or chafing on thefastening straps; and which shall be easily and readily detach.- ablefor purposes of cleanin or repair. With these objects in view einvention consists in the improved chair pad and its attaching meanssubstantially as hereinafter described and definitely pointed out in theclaims.

In the accompanying drawing I have illustrated my improved pad and itsmanner and means of attachment to a chair seat, and referring thereto-Figure 1 is a top plan view of my improved seat pad shown as applied toa chair seat or. bottom.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged fragmentary section through the pad, chair bottomand fastening means on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1.

' Fig. 3 is an enlarged fragmentary bottom plan view of the padillustrating the attaching means.

10 designates my improved pad which may be made of felt, cloth, or anysuitable material, and is cut to the general shape and dimensions of thechair seat or bottom 8 which it is designed to serve. In carrying out myinvention I dispense with the usual fastening straps or tapes commonlysecured to the pad and passed over the edges of the chair bottom andtacked to the underside of the latter, and I secure to the underside ofthe pad 10 substantially centrally of the rear edge thereof a shortstrip 11 of leather or other suitable material that is attached at itsends to the pad by rivets 12, or equivalent attaching means. This strip11 has an elongated longitudinal slit 13 between its attaching endsforming a buttonhole; and the strip is, by means of this buttonhole,passed over the broad substantially flat head 14 of a tack 15 that isdriven into the chair bottom 8 adjacent to and centrally of the rearedge of the latter, the head 14: thus con- 'stituting in efi'ect abutton cobperating with the elongated slit or buttonhole 13 of the strip11. y

By the fastening means above described the pad is readily attached toand detached from the chair bottom, and when attached to the latter iscapable of a sliding movement thereonnot only in a forward and reardirection but also in a sidewise direction, that is amply suficint toaccommodate the corresponding sliding or turning movements of theoccupant when seated in the chair without any relative sliding movementbetween the trousers or skirt of the occupant and the pad, all of therelative move ment occurring between the underside of the pad and the cbottom.

It will thus be seen that my improvement not only eliminates frictionalwear between the pad and the clothes of the occupant, but also dispenseswith the unsightly and un comfortable fastening straps of the oldconstruction, and, furthermore, produces a de vice which can be veryquickly attached and detached without the necessity of driving orpulling tacks or similar fastening devices. The pad itself is preferablymade of felt and the slitted attaching strip of leather, although it ismanifest that other materials may be used if desired and theconstruction may be otherwise modified in detail within the purview ofthe appended claims:

I claim:

1. A seat pad for chair bottoms and the like, comprising a pad havingthe general shape of a chair bottom and adapted to substantially coverthe same, and a strip of suitable material secured to the underside ofsaid pad adjacent to its rear edge and provided with means adaptingthepad to be detachably secured to a cooperating member located on thetop surface of the chair bottom.

2. A seat pad for chair bottoms and the like, provided with a buttonholeadjacent to its rear edge adapting it to be detachably secured to abutton on the chair bottom with capacity for sliding movement on thechair bottom.

3. A seat pad for chair bottoms and the like, provided with an elongatedbuttonhole adjacent to and substantially centrally of its rear edgeadapting it to be detachably secured to a correspondingly located buttonon the chair bottom with capacity for forward and back and lateralsliding movement on the chair bottom.

4. A seat pad for chair bottoms and the like, comprising a pad havingthe general shape of a chair bottom, and adapted to substantially coverthe same, and a strip of suitable material secured at its ends to theunderside of said pad adjacent to and substantially centrally of therear edge of the latter, said strip having between its secured ends alongitudinal slit or buttonhole adapting the pad to be detachablysecured to a correspondingly located button on the chair bottom.

5. The combination with a chair bottom and a headed stud set thereinadjacent to and substantially centrally of its rear edge,

'of a pad to cover said bottom having secured to its underside a strip.of suitable material formed with a slit, whereby said pad is adapted tobe buttoned to said bottom with capacity for a limited universaledgewise movement on the latter.

6. The combination with a chair bottom and a pad, of means connectingsaid pad to said bottom at a single point and permitting a limiteduniversal edgewise movement of the pad on the bottom.

STANLEY W. Wl-DNEY.

